A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect and safety of ginger in the treatment of pregnancy-associated nausea and vomiting

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Viljoen, Estelle ^a,c   Visser, Janicke ^a   Koen, Nelene ^a   Musekiwa, Alfred ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ginger; Nausea; Pregnancy; Systematic review; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DIMENHYDRINATE; GINGER EXTRACT; LACTOSE; LEMON OIL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; SOYBEAN OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BURNING SENSATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEHYDRATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; ERUCTATION; FLOUR; GINGER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETCHING; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; FEMALE; NAUSEA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

FEMALE; GINGER; HUMANS; NAUSEA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VOMITING;

EID: 84899097242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-20     Document Type: Review

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